[1] My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you. [2] Keep
my commandments and live; Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.
[3] Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
[4] Tell wisdom, "You are my sister." Call understanding your relative,
[5] That they may keep you from the strange woman, From the foreigner
who flatters with her words. [6] For at the window of my house, I looked
forth through my lattice. [7] I saw among the simple ones. I discerned
among the youths a young man void of understanding, [8] Passing through the
street near her corner, He went the way to her house, [9] In the
twilight, in the evening of the day, In the middle of the night and in
the darkness. [10] Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a
prostitute, And with crafty intent. [11] She is loud and defiant. Her
feet don`t stay in her house. [12] Now she is in the streets, now in the
squares, And lurking at every corner. [13] So she caught him, and kissed
him. With an impudent face she said to him: [14] "Sacrifices of
peace-offerings are with me. This day I have paid my vows. [15]
Therefore I came out to meet you, To diligently seek your face, And I
have found you. [16] I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry,
With striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt. [17] I have perfumed my bed with
myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. [18] Come, let`s take our fill of loving until
the morning. Let`s solace ourselves with loving. [19] For my husband
isn`t at home. He has gone on a long journey. [20] He has taken a bag of
money with him. He will come home at the full moon." [21] With
persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips,
she seduced him. [22] He followed her immediately, As an ox goes to the
slaughter, As a fool stepping into a noose. [23] Until an arrow strikes
through his liver, As a bird hurries to the snare, And doesn`t know
that it will cost his life. [24] Now therefore, sons, listen to me. Pay
attention to the words of my mouth. [25] Don`t let your heart turn to her
ways. Don`t go astray in her paths, [26] For she has thrown down many
wounded. Yes, all her slain are a mighty host. [27] Her house is the way
to Sheol, Going down to the chambers of death.
